Upcoming Events

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Caregiver Matinee: Wine, Women, & Dementia

When: Tuesday, November 28, 2pm - 4pm PT

Where: Murano Senior Living/Online

Celebrate National Family Caregivers Month with a special dementia caregiver screening of award-winning documentary Wine, Women, & Dementia. In celebration, Rippl Care, the Alzheimer's Association, Washington State Chapter, the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, and Murano Senior Living have come together to host a Caregiver Matinee both in person and online!

In person guests will be treated to an expert Q&A afterwards hosted by Rippl CEO Kris Engskov including film cast member Allyson Schrier and Dr. Kris Rhoads, primary neuropsychologist for the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center.

Dementia-Friendly Legacy Letters

When: November 7 – December 5 (Tuesdays 12:00-1:30pm)

Where: The Memory Hub, 1021 Columbia St. Seattle, 98104

Join our first Dementia-Friendly program to create a letter about your personal legacy!

Participants will be guided through sharing and preparing an important story from their lives in partnership with a UW student.

Space is limited.

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PPA Together - Program Launch Event

When: Wednesday, November 29, 3pm - 4:30 pm

Where: The Memory Hub, 1021 Columbia St. Seattle, 98104

PPA Together is a new group for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia or Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech. Do you or a loved one live with PPA/PPAOS? Join us to help launch a new group just for you! A free event. Offered in partnership by UW Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

Please let us know if you may be interested. We will use your contact information to send you more details.

Contact: 206-543-2440, [email protected]

Caregiver Book Discussion

When: Thursday, November 30 at 1:30-2:30pm

Where: The Memory Hub, 1021 Columbia St, Seattle.

Description: Join other caregivers for a discussion of Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain. You may be familiar with the book: in-conversation, book reviews, audio book or even having read the book. If you’ve not read the book or yet finished, you are very welcome to join in the discussion regardless. The book is available to read onsite at the Memory Hub library and resource room.

Note: Please bring your copy if you have one; we will only have a few books available as a reference while on-site and not for taking away

Shared Outdoor Adventures for Resilience (SOAR)

for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65, alongside a family member or friend.

When: Thursday, December 7, 10am-2:30pm

Where: Fir Island Farm Reserve, Mt Vernon

10 am - 2:30 pm with van ride from Seattle's Jefferson Community Center, or meet at the hike location at 11 a.m. (Discover Pass required if parking at trailhead; purchase in advance)

Enjoy 1-2 miles of easy walking paths in a protected estuary, with the chance to see snow geese.